BACKYARD RETREAT … One Room Tower features a series of platforms rotating around a central core.
It is like a garden platform that is protected from the elements, but it still feels like you are in the backyard
freedom because of the different necessities of the family.” A sense of freedom in the plan is achieved through a spiralling sequence of platforms rotating around a central core. “The placement of the core as the solid element sets up a quadrant-like arrangement,” Paul says. “Privacy is given by the separation of
levels, with all rooms floating within the one single volume.” At ground level, transparent walls slide open to reveal doorways to the garden. “It is like a garden platform that is protected from the elements, but it still feels like you are in the backyard,” Silvia says. Staircases wrapping up the sides connect to higher platforms, which
culminate in a loft-like room at the top of the tower. From the street, the tower’s cedar shiplapped cladding is a throwback to weatherboard traditions. But this tower is contemporary, with its engineered timber structure achieving impressive vertical and horizontal spans that create a sense of interior weightlessness. The windows and doors seem impossibly large. “We’ve been able to articulate the openings into the landscape, so there is a real sense of generosity in the 6m x 6m plan,” Paul says. “We’ve directed views to the whole site. You can see through to about six backyards.”
The physical separation between the house proper and tower encourages a more relaxed set of rules for occupation. “We thought in the future it could become mixed use. It could operate as a ... commercial activity,” Silvia says. “We are in wonder of how many things we can do here now that we couldn’t do here before. It has totally changed our patterns of use.” Architect: Phorm Architecture and Design, in association with Silvia Micheli and Antony Moulis. phorm.com.au Builder: Greg Thornton Constructions gregthorntonconstructions.com Photographer: Christopher Frederick Jones
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